Oil stove or range



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BY ,QQW AMW ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OIL STOVE 0R RANGE corporation of Ohio Application November 15, 1935, Serial No. 49,994 19 Claims. (Cl. 126-44) This invention is an improvement in oil stoves, especially of the kind incorporating removable fuel reservoirs, such as that shown in Letters Patent No. 1,138,536, issued May 4, 1915, on an application of one of the present applicants, Lee S. Chadwick.

In modern oil burning cook stoves and ranges, particularly of the enclosed or so-called "console type, it is desirable to conceal the liquid fuel reservoir, somewhat as in the case above; to preserve artistic lines in the front of the stove because of the prominence of this part of the structure-by avoiding therein an undue number of doors or panels; and to keep the stove top plain and unobstructed.

On the other hand, it is highly essential that the reservoir be conveniently accessible, since the fuel supply has to be replenished frequently in stoves of the class referred-to, and furthermore, the location of the reserv ir and the manner of its removal and replacement must be such as not to interfere with placing the stove close to a wall or another object as otherwise the stove would require more space than that available in the average kitchen.

It is the general purpose of our invention to provide a neat and attractive stove, more especially of the enclosed type, in which the oil reservoir is supported, preferably in a ventilated compartment apart from the burner compartment, in an inverted position over a receiver by a hinged door set within an opening of the stove top and desirably flush with said top when in closed position. In the present preferred embodiment, the reservoir is removably supported by a carrier incorporated in said door.

Another object is to provide a structure of the foregoing nature in which said door swings from closed position in the plane of the stove top, to an open position in a plane substantially parallel to and slightly above that of the stove top, the spacing of the door from said top when open being particularly essential when the parts are coated with vitreous enamel, as is usual in stoves of the class referred to.

Another object is to provide a simple, yet strong and eflicient means for restraining the door against movement beyond open position, the same having the requisite strength to withstand the burden of the fuel reservoir and its carrier, the latter constituting a permanent adjunct of the door as previously mentioned.

A further object is to provide a construction minimizing the liability of spilling oil on adjacent parts of the stove and effecting delivery to the receiver of any oil that drains or is thrown I from the reservoir when it with the carrier is swung to inverted position over the receiver.

Other objects and advantages will appear as we proceed to describe the invention in detail by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional front elevation of a stove embodying the in vention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section from front to rear through the stove structure about central of the fuel compartment, as shown by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the view showing the door to said compartment closed and the reservoir supported by its carrier in inverted position over the fuel receiver; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the door open and the carrier in the position it occupies when the reservoir is to be removed therefrom or placed therein; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section through the stove structure,

taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3,. looking toward the front of the stove, as indicated by the arrows associated with said line; Fig. 5 is a sectional plan on the line 5--5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a part of the reservoir carrier.

The stove structure comprises a top I, ends 2, a rear panel 3, a front panel 4 whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the rear'panel, and a drop door 5 that is hinged at its lower edge, as shown at 6. to the front panel 4 and normally closes the space between said panel and the stove top throughout the distance between the ends 2, the door being equipped near its free edge with a handle I. The stove top, ends and panels are suitably connected together by belts or other fastening means (not shown) and are preferably coated with vitreous enamel.

A vertical partition in divides the space below the stove top into a fuel compartment H and a burner compartment 12, the stove top I having an opening above the burner compartment that is fitted with a grid I3.

A fuel receiver or basin I5 is situated within the compartment H and is shown as supported adjacent the bottom of the partition 19 by a 2 bar It whose lateral flanges are secured, as by rivets H, to the receiver or basin i5 and the partition Ill. The web of the Z bar is shown as provided with a series of perforations l8. A splash plate 20 is connected at its lower end, as by rivets 2|, to the rear wall of the receiver or basin l5, and at its upper end, by a rivet 22, to a depending back flange of the stove top I. The lateral edges of the splash .plate 29 are curved forwardly, as shown at 23. At the rear of the fuel compartment H, the rear panel 3 is provided with ventilating openings 25.

Fuel supply pipe 39 are joined to the receiver or basin l5 adjacent the bottom thereof and extend downwardly and laterally therefrom beneath the burner compartment l2; and tubular burners 9| of a well known type are communicatively connected to said pipes by fittings 32. The flt tings, in turn, are fastened to the pipes by clamps 33, and the sides of the burners remote from said clamps are connected to the pipes by resilient hook-like members 34.

Disposed horizontally across the burner compartment in about the plane of the lower edges of the rear panel 3 and partition i0 is a burner plate 40 having openings for the accommodation of the burners 3|. These'openings are materially greater in diameter than the burners and in the present instance are shown as surrounded by upstanding collars 4|. Drums or chimneys 42 surmount the burners.

Horizontally disposed immediately inside each of the ends 2 is a guide 45 consisting of an inwardly facing channel member whose rear'end is fastened to the adjacent end of the stove and whose forward end has an extension that overlies and is suitably connected to an intumed base flange 41 of the front panel 4. A burner tray 48 is slidably supported by the guides 45 so that it may be withdrawn and replaced from a position in front of the stove, the movement of the burner tray in a rearward direction being limited by stops 49 that are shown as struck from the webs of the guides 45.

Above the fuel compartment II, the stove top I has an opening 59 from the edges of which flanges 5| depend, the one at the rear of the opening incorporating a horizontal ledge that forms a. door stop 52. Fitting within the opening 59 is a door 55 having a peripheral flange 56, the portion thereof adjacent the rear end of the door contacting the aforesaid stop 52. At the opposite end of the door, the flange 56 is relatively deep and is notched at 58 for the accommodation of links 59 of hinges 50. The adjacent flange 5| of the stove top is of a corresponding depth and has notches 62 for the passage of said hinge'links. The hinges 59 are of the multiple axis type, i. e., they have a plurality of pintles by which a series' of links are connected in such manner that the hinge plates or leaves are permitted to move toward and from each other when the hinge is operated. The hinge leaves or plates are suitably secured to angle fittings 55 and 66 that are connected in any approved manner to the stove top I and door 55, respectively, within the angles between the body portions thereof and their respective flanges 5| and 56. The nature of the hinges 60 permits the door 55 to swing from closed position in the plane of the stove top, as shown in Fig. 2, to open position, as shown in Fig. 3, with the door slightly spaced from the stove top so as to avoid contact between, and possible injury to the surface finish or coating of, said parts.

Incorporated in the door 55 is a carrier (designated generally by the reference numeral 10) for the fuel reservoir 1|. In the present instance the reservoir consists of a rectangular vessel having a threaded neck 12 to which a screw cap I3 is applied, the same incorporating a valve, the

stem of which is shown at I4. This valve is of a well known kind and is closed by a spring 15 that is interposed between a head 16 on the stem 14 and an opposed portion of the cap 13.

Extending from the reservoir on opposite sides of. the neck 12 are perforatedf ears 11 in which the ends of a ball 19 are pivoted, the ball, or ears, or both, being resilient. The ears have grooves 19 in which the bail may bear when lying in a position substantially parallel to the adjacent end Wall of the reservoir, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the' bail is used for lifting the reservoir it is swung'to the position-shown in Fig. 4.

The carrier 19 includes a relatively deep front wall 89, and a shallow rear wall 8|. These walls are shown as having triangular side extensions 82 and 93, respectively, to which are secured, near the door 55, seats 84 for the reservoir H. The end of the front wall 90 of the carrier remote from the door 55 is formed with a hook 86 within which the adjacent corner of the reservoir II is engaged when the door 55 is closed and'the reservoir is supported in inverted position by the carrier, as shown in Fig.2.

Pivoted to a fitting 90 that extends from the outer side of the front wall of the carrier is the stem of a. T-shaped retainer 92, the ends of the cross member 93 whereof are engaged with angular tracks 94 on opposite sides of the fuel compartment II. When the parts are in operative position, as shown in Fig. 2, the retainer 92 hangs free between the front wall 89 of the carrier 10 and a plate 95 that extends from the stove top, immediately inside the door 5, to the top of the panel 4, and permanently closes the front of the fuel compartment l I, said plate preferably consisting of a lateral extension of the partition III, as shown in Fig. 5.

A handle 96 is attached to the door 55 adjacent its free edge, and by means of this handle the door may be swung from closed position, shown in Fig. 2, to open position, shown in Fig. 3. As the door is swung open, the cross member 93 of the retainer 92 rides up the inclined ends of the tracks 94 and comes to rest within the corner between the angularly disposed portions of the tracks, and in this position sustains the carrier with the door 55 in a substantially horizontal position or, in other words, in a plane practically parallel to and'slightly above the stove top. With the carrier in this position, the reservoir 7| may, by means of the bail 18, be lifted from the carrier, assuming that the reservoir is empty. A reservoir containing a fresh supply of fuel, handled in like manner, may be placed within the carrier upon the seats 84, and as the door 55is subsequently swung to closed position the reservoir slides down the front wall 80 of the carrier until its adjacent corner engages within the hook so as to be supported thereby when the reservoir is in inverted position with its discharge opening, deflned by the neck 12, in operative relation to the receiver or basin l5. When in this position, the valve stem 14 engages an elevated portion 98 of the bottom wall of the receiver or basin and opens the valve in opposition to the spring 15. The fuel now gravitates to the receiver or basin, accumulating therein until it reaches and seals the discharge opening of the reservoir. The apparatus, operating on the barometric principle of a pigeon fount, maintains a constant fuel level in the receiver and an overflow 99 an appreciable distance above the normal fuel level in the receiver.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow,. the top having an opening, a closure for said opening, a fuel receiver below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, and a reservoir having a discharge opening and supported by the closure with said opening in o 'erative relation to the receiver.

2. In liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a closure for said opening, a fuel receiver below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a substantially vertical partition separating the space below the stove top into a compartment wherein the burner or burners is or are housed and a fuel compartment wherein the receiver is situated, the last mentioned compartment being vented to the atmosphere, a substantially horizontal burner plate having an opening for the accommodation of each burner and occupying a plane approximately at the base of the zone of combustion, and a reservoir having a discharge opening and supported with said opening in operative relation to the receiver.

3. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a closure for saidopening, a fuel receiver below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, means hingedly connecting the closure .to the stove structure, stop means limiting the swinging movement of the closure between a closed posiiion in substantially the plane of the top to an inverted open position above and substantially parallel to said top, a carrier incorporated in said closure, and a reservoir having a discharge opening at its top and adapted to be placed within the carrier when the closure is open and sustained by the carrier when the closure is closed in inverted position with said opening in operative ielation to the receiver.

4. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door for said opening. means hingedly connecting said door adjacent one edge thereof to the stove, a fuel receiver below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a splash plate depending from a point adjacent the stove top at the opposite edge of said opening and arranged to drain into the receiver, and a fuel reservoir having a discharge opening and carried by the door with said opening in position to discharge into the receiver.

5 In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door for said opening, means hingedly connecting said door adjacent one edge thereof to the stove, a fuel receiver spaced below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a troughlike splash plate connected at its upper end to the stove adjacent the opposite edge of said opening and extending downwardly and having its lower end in draining relation to the fuel receiver, and a fuel reservoir having a discharge opening and supported by the door with said opening in discharg ng relation to the receiver.

6. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the

top having an opening, a door fitted within saidopening, hinge connections of the character described between the front end ofthe door and the adjacent part of the stove permitting said door to swing from a closed position in the plane of the stove top to an open position slightly above and substantially parallel to said top and overhanging the front of the stove, stop means for retaining the door in the latter position, a carrier on .he inner side of the door including a troughlike member, extending at substantially right angle from the inner side of the door adjacent the hinged end thereof and terminating at its end remote from the door in an inwardly directed hook, a fuel reservoir having a mouth at its top adapted to be placed within the carrier when the door is open and to engage and be supported by the aforesaid hook in an inverted position when the door is closed, and a fuel receiver sup- I poi ted below the aforesaid opening and in operative relation to which the reservoir is presented when the door is closed, the same having communicative connection with the burner or burners.

7. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door for said opening, hinge connections between the door and stove permitting the door to be swung from closed position across said opening to open position at one side thereof, a retainer loosely connected to a part on the inner side of the door and cooperating with a part below the stove top and adjacent the aforesaid opening for limiting the opening movement of the door, a fuel receiver situated below the aforesaid opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, and a fuel reservoir carried by the inner side of the door and having a discharge opening that is disposed in discharging relation to the receiver when the door is closed.

8. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door for saidopening, hinge connections between one edge of the door and stove, a door retainer pivotally connected to the door on the inner side thereof near its hinged edge, the same having a lateral extension, a member wherewith said lateral extension coop crates to restrain the door against movement beyond open position, a fuel receiver below the aforesaid opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a fuel reservoir, and a carrier for the reservoir on the inner side of the door including a part wherewith the reservoir has holding engagement so as to be sustained thereby in inverted position over the receiver when the door is closed, the reservoir having an opening through which the fuel is discharged into the receiver.

9. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door for said opening, hinge connections between one edge of the door and stove, a carrier on the inner side of the door including a part adjacent the hinged edge of the door, a door retainer pivoted to said part, the same having a lateral extension, a member wherewith said lateral extension cooperates to restrain the door against movement beyond open position, a fuel receiver below the aforesaid opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, and a fuel reservoir adapted to be placed within the carrier when the door is open and to assume holding engagement with a part thereof and be sustained thereby in inverted position over the receiver when the door is closed, the reservoir having an opening through which the fuel is discharged into the receiver.

10. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door fitting within said opening, hinge connection between the front edge of the door and the adjacent part of the stove, a carrier on the inner side of the door hav ing a part spaced inwardly from the hinged edge 7 of the door, a T-shaped retainer pivotally connected at the terminal of its stem to the aforesaid part, stops below the stove top on opposite sides of the aforesaid opening adapted to be engaged by the cross member of said retainer to restrain the door against movement beyond open position, a fuel reservoir having a mouth adjacent its top and adapted to be placed within the carrier when the door is open and to assume holding engagement with a part thereof. and be sustained bythe carrier in inverted position when the door is closed, and a fuel receiver spaced a material distance below the aforesaid opening and into which the reservoir discharges when in inverted position,

11. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having anopening, a door for said opening,

hinge connections between one edge of the door and the stove, a receiver spaced below the aforesaid opening'having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a retainer pivotally connected to the inner side of the door, parts below the stove top on opposite sides of the aforesaid opening wherewith laterally spaced parts of the retainer engage to restrain the door against movement beyond open position, and a fuel reservoir having a mouth adjacent its top adapted to be attached to the inner side of the door when the door is open and to be swung to an-inverted position over the aforesaid receiver when the door is closed.

12. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening and a fuel compartment below said opening, tracks arranged on opposite sides of said compartment and including substantially horizontal portions adjacent the stove top and portions inclined downwardly and forwardly from the front ends of the horizontal portions, a door forsaid opening, hinge connections between the front edge of the door and the adjacent part of the stove, a carrier on the inner side of the door, a retainer pivoted to the carrier adjacent the hinged edge of the door, the same including a cross member arranged to cooperate with the aforesaid tracks and be-conflned within the corners between the angularly related portions thereof when the door is open, a fuel receiver spaced below the aforesaid opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners and a fuel reservoir having a mouth adjacent its top and adapted to be placed within the carrier when the door is open and to assume holding engagement with a part thereof and be sustained thereby in inverted position over the receiver when the door is closed.

13. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top having an opening, a door fitted within said opening and provided with a depending peripheral flange, hinge connections between one edge of the door and the adjacent part of the stove, a carrier on the inner side of the door comprising end members, one of which extends at substantially right angles from the plane of the door adjacent the hinged edge thereof and terminating a substantial distance from the door in an inwardly directed hook, a seat within the carrier adjacent the door, the door being capable of swinging from closed position in substantiallyspaced below the opening in the stove top. and

having communicative connection with the burner or burners, the reservoir being swung to an inverted position when the door is closed in which position it is sustained by theaforesaid hook in discharging relation to the receiver.

14. In a liquid fuel stove of the kind including a top and one or more burners therebelow, the top being coated with vitreous enamel and having an opening, a closure for said opening also coated with vitreous enamel, a fuel receiver below said opening having communicative connection with the burner or burners, a hinge of the char acter described connecting the closure to the stove structure in such manner as to render the former capable of swinging between a closed position in substantially the plane of the top to an open position wherein it is spaced above and is substantially parallel to said top, stop means for restraining the closure against movement beyond the latter position, and a reservoir having an opening adjacent its top and supported in upright position by the door when the door is open and sustained thereby in inverted position over the receiver when the door is closed.

15. A stove frame comprising ends, a top supported thereby, a back panel depending from and substantially coextensive with the rear edge of the top, a front panel disposed between the ends and whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the back panel, a vertical partition projecting forwardly from the back panel and dividing the space below the top into a fuel compartment and a burner compartment, a burner plate disposed horizontally across the burner compartment in substantially the plane of the lower edges of the back panel and said partition, said plate having burner openings, the stove top having openings above the fuel and burner compartments, and a door for the one over the fuel compartment hingedly connected to the stove structure.

16. A stove frame comprising ends, a top supported thereby, a back panel depending from and substantially coextensive with the rear edge of the top, a front panel disposed between the ends and whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the back panel, a vertical partition projecting forwardly from the back panel and dividing the space below the top into a fuel compartment and a burner compartment, a front wall extending from the front edge of said partition across the front of the fuel compartment to the adjacent end, the stove top having openings above the fuel and burner compartments, and a door for the one over the fuel-compartment hingedly connected to the stove structure.

17. A stove frame comprising ends, a top supported thereby, a back panel depending from and substantially coextensive with the rear edge of the top, a front panel disposed between the ends and whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the back panel, a vertical partition projecting forwardly from the back panel and dividing the space below the top into a fuel compartment and a burner compartment, the stove top having openings above the fuel and burner compartments, and a door for the one over the fuel compartment hingedly connected to the stove structure.

l8.-A stove frame comprising ends, a top supported thereby, a back panel depending from and substantially coextensive with the rear edge of the top, a front panel disposed between the ends and whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the back panel, a vertical partition projecting forwardly from the back panel and dividing the space below the top into a fuel compartment and a burner compartment, a burner plate disposed horizontally across the burner compartment in substantially the plane of the lower edges of the back panel and said partition, said plate having burner openings, the stove top having openings above the fuel and burner compartments, a door for the one over the fuel compartment hingedly connected to the stove structure, and a closure for the space between the forward edge of the top and the upper edge of the front panel and extending from end to end.

- 19. A stove frame comprising ends, a top supported thereby, a back panel depending from and substantially coextensive with the rear edge of the top, a front panel disposed between the ends and whose top edge is in substantially the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the back panel, a vertical partition projecting forwardly from the back panel and dividing the space below the top into a fuel compartment and a burner compartment, the stove top having openings above the fuel and burner compartments, and a door for the one over the fuel compartment hinged at its front edge on a horizontal axis to the stove structure so as to swing from a closed position to a substantially horizontal open position adjacent the front of the stove.

LEE S. CHADWICK. CHARLES J. KESSLER. 

